Wire straightening and cutting-off machine.



E. F. SHUSTER. WIRE STRAIGHTENING AND GUTTING0FF MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV 1S, 1911.

2 SHEETSSHBET 2.

1 nir ELMORE F. SH'USTER, 0F NEW IHAVEN CONNECTICUT.

WIRE STRAIGHTENING AND CUTTING-OFF MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2, 1912.

Application filed November 13, 1911. Serial No. 659,936.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that l, ELMoRE F. SHUSTER, citizen of the United States, residing at New Haven,in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Straightening and Cutting-Off Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the iirvention, such as will enable others skilled ure 1 represents a front elevation of the machine; broken view of the machine legs, sectional view of the rock shaft, guide bar and guide bar apron rod; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the head of the machine; broken view of the bed and legs, sectional view of one of the feed roll shafts on line a of Fig. 1, and of the cutting ofl lever shaft on line b; Fig. 3 is a, reduced broken side elevation of the forward end of the machine; Fig. 4 is l an enlarged broken view of the trip lever and end view of the feed roll lshift lever; ,/'andy Fig. 5-is a similar view except that the ,i tri dogs are in a different position.

i brief description of the well known parts of-the machine may be necessary for t a proper understanding of my improved fea.- turesI and the relation they have thereto.

1 is the machine head,'2 the bed, 3 the cam shaft journaled in the bed, et continuously running balance wheel pulley -on said shaft, 5 cam on said shaft for actuating the cutting off lever '6 secured to the shaft 7 carrying the guide bar 8. 9, guide bar apron rock shaft. 10 gage rod. 11, trip rod connected to the gage rod by the clamp l2. 13 is a finger secured to the trip rod and its lower end connected to the trip wire 14. 15 and 16 are the feed roll shafts carrying the feed Arolls 17 and 1S. 19 and 20 are gears rotatably connecting said feed roll shafts. 21 is a continuously ruiming balance wheel pulsley mounted on the feed roll shaft 16.

. The improved features comprise the trip lever 22 journalcd on the cani roll pin 23 secured to and projecting from the'lower end of the cutting oit' lever (5. The forward end of this trip lever carries theadjusting screw 24 normally resting on the horizontal arm 25 of the clutch lever, whose depending y arm 26 connects with the trip wire 14. The 60 trip lever 22 carries the dog 27 adapt-ed to engage with the dog 28 of the shift lever 29 pivotally supported in the bracket 30. The upper end ofthis lever is pivotally connected to sliding clutch sleeve 31 on the f eed 65 roll shaft 1G, Whose-Outer clutch face 31a4 is adapted to be engaged lby the spring actuated driving pins32 carried by the balance Wheel 21.

When the end of the incoming wire'33, in 70 the guide har 8 (Fig. 1), contacts with the vend of the gage rod 10 (Fig. 3), the trip wire 14 will be pulled to actuate the depending arm 26 of the clutch lever and thereby raise the horizontal arm 25 of said 75 lever a distance sufiicient to disengage theA dogs 27 and 28, and when thus disengaged the spring 84, acting against the lower end of the shift lever 29, will lcause the upper end of said lever to move'ii the opposite direcso tion and carry the clutch sleeve 3l out of contact with the driving pins 32 and bring the feed rollsto a standstill. i

lVhile the movement of the clutch lever simultaneously releases thev key and places 85 it under the iniuence of a spring (not shown) to carry it into engagement with the balance wheel 4 and start the rotation of the shaft 3 to actuate the cutting off'lever 6, and also the shift lever 29, the movement of the shift lever must necessarily act before the bcutting ofi lever, and preferably so, as it is nnportant that the feed rolls should stop before theI cutting oif lever cansever the wire. Trippingy the shift lever will place the dogs 27 and 28 in the position shown at Fig. 4, and when the cutting off lever moves in the direction of arrow c to cutoff a section of wire, the trip lever will move in the direction of arrow d and place its dog on the opposite side of the dog of the shift lever as shown at Fig. 5, and when the cutting oit lever is returning to its normal stationaryposition, the taper faces e and f of the dogs will be engaged and the trip lever will ac-y tuate the upper end of the shift lever toward the balance wheel pulley 21 to rengage the clutch sleeve therewith, and the various parts will be in the position shown at Fig. l.

To manually stop the feed rolls and sta-rt v the cutting oil' mechanism to sever a bad .end of the wire or cut oil' a piece shorter lsition against the stop pin than that for which the gage rod is set, l have provided the hand tripping lever 36 secured to the rotatable shaft 37 with its" free end underlying the trip lever Q2. The shaft 37 is turned to release.v the engagement of the levers 22 and 29 through the medium of the handle lever 38 vto stop the feed rolls, while 'the clutch lever is manually actuated to set the cutting o lever in m0- tion through the medium of the handle lever 39, shaft 4G and trip lever el contacting with the vertical arm 26 of the clutch lever. 42 is a torsional spring on shaft 37 for returning the handle lever 3,8 to its normal po- 43. l similar spring (not shown) is employed on shaft 40 to return the handle lever 39 against the stop pin 4A. I

Having thus described my invention, what l claimis:

l. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the cam shaft carrying a continuously4 ruiming Wheel pulley, a clutchl lever associated therefwith, a cutting-off lever shaft, feedrolls, shafts therefor, a continuously running balance-wheel pulley and a clutch sleeve on one of said feed-roll shafts, guide bar, gage rod and trip rod mechanisn'l, and a trip Wire connecting the trip reid mechanism with the clutch lever of the lcam shaft, of a pivotally supported trip lcv r movable with the 'cutting-oil lever with its free end normally supported on the clutch lever, a pivotally supported spring-actuated shift lever connect-ing the clutch on the feedroll shaft With vthe trip lever carried by the cutting-ott' lever, and means for detachably connecting said trip lever With the shift le ver, so that, when the vclutch lever is actuated, it will lift the trip lever and release the shift lever to stop the feed rolls and,

through the medium of the cam shaft, the

balance-r actuated'y by said' cutting-o' lever is actuated to sever a seo,

tion of Wire, and on the return movementof the cutting-olf lever the trip lever will engage the shift lever and bring it into position. for restarting the feed rolls.

2. ln a machine of the character described comprising a cam shaft, a clutch lever associated therewith, a cuttingfo lever actuated bysaid shaft, a pivote-ily supported trip lever movable with the cuttingolf lever with its free end normally supported on the clutch lever, feed rolls and shafts therefor, a continuously running bal- Vance-Wheel pulley and a sliding clutch sleeve mounted on one of the feed-roll shafts, and a pivotally supported springactuated shift lever having one of its ends connected with the sliding clutch and its opposite end detachably connected With the trip lever.

. B. ln a machine of the character described, a cam shaft, a clutch lever associ;`

ated therewith, a cutting-oil1 lever actuatedl by the shaft, and a pivotally supported trip@ lever movable wv'th the cutting-olf lever and adapted to be actuated by the clutch lever.

In a machine of the character described comprising a cam shaft, a clutch lever associated therewith, a cutting-olf lever actuated by the shaft, a pivotally supported trip lever movable with the cuttingoil lever and adapted to be actuated by the clutch lever, means for manually actuating the trip lever 'independently of the clutch lever, and means for manually actuating the clutch lever to actuate the trip lever.

ln testimony whereof l affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ELMORE F, SHUSTEl lWitnesses: 'Y

E. L. SIMPSON, J. OLsoN, 

